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India Green 116 for 7 (Raina 35, Kuldeep 3-26) trail India Red 161 (Mukund 77, Sandeep 4-62, Ojha 3-19) by 45 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball detailsIndia Red and India Green approached the countrys maiden first-class game with the pink ball with as much excitement as fear of the unknown - the fall of 17 wickets in the day might point to the latter - before coming out with the feeling that it wasnt an entirely alien beast. It was by no means a jolt-free afternoon and night, though. India Red, having elected to bat, combusted to 161, before India Green hobbled their way to 116 for 7 when they werent busy fighting malfunctioning floodlights.The build-up to the game resembled a carnival rolling into town. Despite its usual thrills of stilted clowns and puppet shows, it is often the Ferris wheel that becomes the showstopper. When a sizeable crowd of flag-waving, chirpy fans made their way to the grass banks of the Shahid Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex, Indias latest domestic season had found its Ferris wheel, this one sheathed in pink. The first session was instructive in tempering a few popular notions about the pink ball, like its exaggerated early swing, for instance. Exhibit A was provided by India Greens Ashok Dinda and Sandeep Sharma, who got the new ball to seam a lot more than swing. Despite a grass coverage of 4mm on the pitch, there wasnt any excessive lateral movement. That India Red slumped to 67 for 6 at the end of the first session was more a consequence of some poor shot-making, and good field-placements from India Green captain Suresh Raina, than any demons that lay hidden inside the pink ball.Dinda said during the tea break the ball stopped swinging and seaming once it had become relatively older, and thereby the bowlers were looking to target the stumps. He said there was no turn on offer, but there was enough evidence to the contrary with spinners accounting for six wickets. There was adequate assistance for both fingerspin and wristspin, with Pragyan Ojha and Jalaj Saxena of India Red, and Kuldeep and Akshay Wakhare of India Green getting fairly appreciable turn.On a day when wickets fell in a heap, Abhinav Mukund was the most successful batsman on either side. Mukunds 77 was instrumental firstly in India Red reaching triple figures, and then his 50-run partnership for the eighth wicket with Anureet Singh, who swished his way to 32 off 21, helped the team cross 150.Mukund admitted to having trouble with sighting the ball at practice on Monday, but said there were no such issues during the match. I was timing the ball well personally. I couldnt sight it quite well in the nets yesterday, but today was better and it was a good experience, he said after the first days play.To be honest, I didnt have much of a problem [sighting] today. I thought I was timing the ball and getting into good positions. The ball was holding on to the wicket sometimes, sometimes [it was] skidding on. Its a new experience. We dont play with the Kookaburra in domestic cricket; its a new experience for a lot of cricketers.India Green had begun in similarly shaky fashion, with Nathu Singh accounting for all the three wickets that fell inside the first eight overs. Nathu, like Sandeep earlier in the evening, profited when he held the seam upright. Robin Uthappa was dismissed by a jaffa that cut back sharply to shave the top of off stump in the seventh ball of the innings, while Jalaj Saxena slashed one that didnt bounce as much to be caught behind. Nathus swerving in-ducker in his next over caught Rajat Paliwal on the shuffle to leave India Green at 31 for 3. Raina and Parthiv Patel then restored calm with a 41-run stand. 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ROSMALEN, Netherlands -- Simona Halep reached her second final in a week by beating third-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro 6-3, 6-2 at the Topshelf Open on Friday to set up a title match against Kirsten Flipkens. The 10th-ranked Stanislas Wawrinka advanced to the mens final by beating Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-1, 6-4. The Swiss will play his first career final on grass against Frenchman Nicolas Mahut. Wawrinka breezed through in the opening set but the Spaniard put up more resistance in the second, forcing 10 break points but not managing to convert any of them as the Swiss player repeatedly hheld his nerve in two lengthy service games.dddddddddddd For in-form Romanian Halep, it was the second easy win against a top player on Rosmalens grass courts, after she outclassed top-seeded Roberta Vinci 6-0, 6-1 on Wednesday. Last Saturday, Halep won her first WTA title by beating Andrea Petkovic of Germany on clay in the final of the inaugural Nurnberger Versicherungscup. 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